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a) My mothers or fathers son is my Brother.

b) My mothers or fathers daughter is my Sister.

c) My mothers or fathers father is my Grandfather.

d) My mothers or fathers sister is my Aunt.

e) My mothers or fathers brother is my Uncle.

f) My sons wife is my daughter-in-law.

g) My daughters husband is my Son-in-law.

h) My brothers son is my Nephew.

i) My brothers daughter is my Neice.

j) My sisters husband is my brother-in-law.

k) My brothers wife is my Sister-in-law.

l) My husbands wifers sister is my Sister-in-law.

m) My busbanks or Wifes brother is my Brother-in-law.

n) My uncles or aunts son or daughter is my Cousin.

o) My wifes father or husbands father is my Father-in-law.

p) My wifes mother or husbands motherr is my Mother-in-law.

q) My fahters wife is my Mother.



r) My mothers husband is my Father.

s) My sons or daughters son is my Grandson.

t) My sons or daughters daughter is my Granddaughter.

Ex-- A man pointing to a photographer says "the lady in the photograph is my nephew's maternal
grandmother" .How is the lady in the photograph related to the man's sister who has no other sister ?
a)Cousin b) Sister-in -law c)Mother d)Mother-in-law

Solution: Clearly the lady is the grandmother of man's sister's son that is the mother of the mother of
man's sister's son that is the mother of man's sister.Hence the answer is c


Ex: A woman going with a boy is asked by another woman about the relationship between them .The
women replied, My maternal uncle and the uncle of his maternal uncle is the same". How is the lady
related with that boy?

a)grandmother and Grandson b)Mother and son

c)Aunt and nephew d)None of these

Solution:Clearly the brother of woman's mother is the same as the brother of the father of boys
maternal uncle .So, the womans mother's brother is the boy's maternal uncle's father ,Thus the
woman's mother's brother's son is boy's maternal uncle that is ,woman's mother's brother's daughter is
boy's mother .So the woman and boy's mother are cousins. Thus the woman is boys aunt .Hence the
answer is c

Ex: Pointing out to a lady ,Rajan said ,"she is the daughter of the woman who is the mother of the
husband of my mother ."Who is the lady to Rajan ?



a)Aunt b)Grand daughter c) Daughter d)Sister e) Sister-in-law

Sol:The relation may be analysed as follows

Mother's husband --Father ;Father's mother --Grandmother ; Grandmother's daughter -- Father's
sister,Father's sister --Aunt

Hence, the answer is a

Ex: 1. Pointing towards a person a man said to a woman "His mother is the only daughter of your father .
How is the woman related to that person?

a)Daughter b) Sister c)Mother d) wife

sol: The only daughter of woman's father is she herself ,so the person is woman's son that is the woman
is the person's mother .Hence the answer is c

Ex: 2) Pointing to a lady in a photograph ,Shaloo said , "Her sons father is the son-in-law of my mother ,"
How is shaloo related to the lady ?

a)Aunt b) Sister c)Mother d) Cousin e) nono of these

sol:Lady's son's father is lady's husband .So the lady's husband is the son -in law of shaloo's mother that
is the lady is the daughter of shaloo's mother .Thus Shaloo is the lady's sister . Hence the answer is b

Ex- 3: Anil introduces Rohit as the son of the only brother of his father's wife. How is Rohit related to
Anil



a)Cousin b) Son c) Uncle d) Son-in-law e) Brother

sol: The relation may be analysed as follow

Father's wife --Mother ,Mother's brother --Uncle ,Uncle's son --Cousin

So ,Rohit is Anils Cousin .Hence answer is a

Ex-4:Pointing towards a person in the photograph Anjali said "He is the only son of the father of my
sister's brother " . How is that person related to Anjali ?

a) Mother b) Father c) Maternal uncle d)Cousin e)none of these

sol:Relation may be analysed as follow

Sisters brother -- Brother ,Brother's father -Father , Father's son -Brother

So the person in the photograph is Anjali's brother .Hence the answer is e

Ex-5: Rita told Mani,"The girl i met yesterday at the beach was the youngest daughter of the brother-in-
law of my freind's mother " How is the girl related to Rita's freind ?

a) Cousin b) Daughter c) Nice d) Freind e)Aunt

sol: The relation may be analysed as follow



Daughter of brother -in-law --Niece : Mother niece --Cousin : so the girl is the cousin of Rita's freind .
Hence the answer is a

TYPE-2 BLOOD RELATIONS

Direction : Read the following information and answer the question given below it .
A is the father of a C .But C is not his son .E is the daughter of C .F is the spouse of A.B is the brother of C.
D is the son of B.G is the spouse of B. H is the father of G.
Q.:- Who is the grandmother of D?
a) A b) C c) F d) H
Solutions:- ( answer is c.) D is the son of B, B is the brother of C and A is the father of C. Thus means that
B is the father of D and A is the father of B . So , A is the grandfather of D. Since F is the spouse of A, So F
is the grandmother of D.

Q.) Who is the son of F?
a) B b) C c) D d) E
Solutions:- ( Answer is a.) As explained above , B is the son of A and F is the spouse of A. So , B is the son
of F.

EXAMPLE
i) In a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E, and F, There are two married couples .
ii). D is grandmother of A and mother of F.
iii). C is wife of B and mother of F.
iv) F is the granddaughter of E.
Q:- What is C to A?
a) Daughter b) grandmother c) mother d) cannot be determined e) none of these

Solutions:- ( answer is c.) Cis the wife of B and D is the mother of B. Also , D is grandmother of A. So , C is
the mother of A.


Q.:- How many male members are there in the family?
a) two b) three c) four d) cannot be determined e) none of these
Solutions:- Clearly the sex of A cannot be determined so answer is (d).

Q:- Which of the following is true?
a) A is brother of F.
b) A is the sister of F.
c) D has two grandsons .
d) B has two daughters
e) None of these.
Solutions:-The sex of A is not known, so, neither (a) nor (b) is definitely true. Clearly, D is the
grandmother of A and F. So, the answer is (e).

Q.) Who among the following is one of the couples.
a) CD b) DE c) EB d) Cannot be determined e) None of these
Solutions:- C is the wife of B, so , one couple is BC. Now , D is grandmother of A. B is the son of D and his
wife C is the mother of F . So , D is also grandmother of F. But F is the granddaughter of E . So , E is the
grandfather of F and the husband of D . Thus , DE is another couple. Therefore , our answer is (b).

Ex. Read the following information and answer the questions given below :
A is the son of B. C, B's sister has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncle of D.
Q. How is A related to D?
a) cousin b) nephew c) uncle d)brother

Q. How is E related to F?
a) sister b) Daughter c) Niece d) Wife



Q. How many nephews does F have ?
a) nil b) one c) two d) three

Solutions:- First answer is (a) . A is the son of B and D is the son of the sister of B. So , A is the cousin of
D.
Second answer is (c). E is the daughter of C and D is the son of C. So, F, who is the maternal uncle of D, is
also the maternal uncle of E. Thus , E is the niece of F.
Third answer is (c). Clearly , F is the maternal uncle of D means F is the brother of D's mother i.e. F is the
brother of C. C is the sister of B. So , F is the brother of B who is A's mother . Thus F is the maternal uncle
of A . So , A and D are the nephews of F i.e.F has two nephews.

Question 1-
Shweta told Arvind, The girl I met yesterday at the beach was theyoungest daughter of the brother-in-
law of my friends mother. How is the girl related to Shwetas friend?
(a) Aunt
(b) Niece
(c) Daughter
(d) Cousin
Question 2-
If Y says that his mother is the only daughter of Xs mother. How is X related to Y?
(a) Cousin
(b) Father
(c) Brother
(d) Son
Question 3-
If P+Q means P is the brother of Q, P*Q means P is the mother of Q, P+Q means P is the sister of Q, then
which of the following would mean R is the uncle of S?
(a) R*S+P


(b) R+P*S
(c) R*P+S
(d) None of these
Question 4-
If Qs mother was Ps mothers daughter, How is related to Q?
(a) Father
(b) Sister
(c) Maternal Uncle
(d) Brother

Question 5-
S and T are married couple. X and Y are the brothers. X is the brother of S. How is Y related to T?
(a) Brother
(b) Son
(c) Son-in-law
(d) Brother-in-law
Question 6-
Pointing to a women in a photograph a man says She is the daughter-in-law of the mother of my
fathers only grand son. How is he woman related to the man?
(a) Wife
(b) daughter-in-law
(c) daughter
(d) mother
Question 7-
Pointing towards Vaman, Madhav said I am the only son of his fathers one of the sons. How Vaman is
related to Madhav?
(a) Father


(b) Uncle
(c) Nephew
(d) Either (a) or (b)


Question 8-
Showing the man receiving the prize, Kritika said, He is the brother of my uncles daughter Who is the
man to Kritika?
(a) Cousin
(b) Son
(c) Nephew
(d) None of these




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